On June 3, four days before ballots in Denver’s mayoral runoff were to be counted, The Denver Post and 9News filed requests under Colorado open records laws with Denver Police for any photographic evidence of Michael Hancock entering a former brothel at 1675 Fillmore St. used by Denver Players.

A subsequent request sought “any and all surveillance tapes and/or photographs that include Michael Hancock at all of the club’s locations … (and) any notations that were made that identify Hancock seen either coming or going from the establishments”

Hancock’s attorney, Bruce James, agreed to help speed up the response by making a request to police that mirrored the one submitted by reporters.

But James twice followed up with police objecting to release of any information.

A timeline of those requests and the responses (click on corresponding dates or names to read PDFs of the documents):

Friday, June 3 — 11:17 a.m. 9News reporter Deborah Sherman sends email request to Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman and Office of the Manager of Safety Records Coordinator Mary Dulacki requesting videotape, photographs, or any evidence the Denver Police Department might hold that shows Michael Hancock entering or leaving 1675 Fillmore St. and his vehicle at or near the address and/ or photos or video of his license plates at the facility.

Friday, June 3 — 1:15 p.m. Dulacki forwards Sherman’s request to U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Jeff Dorschner stating “our response will be that there is still an active federal prosecution.”

Friday, June 3 — 2:55 p.m. Denver Post reporter Kevin Vaughan sends a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request to Dulacki seeking any and all photographs or videotapes obtained by Denver Police during an investigation of 1675 Fillmore St, which is the address of Denver Players/ Denver Sugar.

Friday, June 3 — 2:58 p.m. Dulacki forwards Vaughan’s request to staffers saying that “a denial citing the current federal prosecution will be sent shortly.”

Friday, June 3 — 5:22 p.m. Bruce James, Michael Hancock’s attorney, sends an email to Police Chief Gerry Whitman requesting any videotape, photographs, or any evidence the Denver Police Department might hold that shows Hancock entering or leaving 1675 Fillmore St. and his vehicle at or near the address and/ or photos or video of his license plates at the facility. James goes on to say that his request “mirrors” that of 9News, “however, under no circumstance are we authorizing or consenting to the release of the request of materials directly to 9News and we herby object to their request. All of the requested materials should be delivered or made available solely to me, as counsel to Mr. Hancock.”

Monday, June 6 — 10:06 a.m. Dulacki sends email to Dorschner saying that City Attorney’s Office “requested that we actually review the evidence to see if we have responsive records to the request from 9News.”

Monday, June 6 — 10:54 a.m. James forwards the email he sent Friday to Chief Whitman to Dulacki asking that she respond to his request and go a step further by asking that she also send him copies of her responses to 9News and The Denver Post.

Monday , June 6 — 11:16 a.m. Denver Post reporter Jeremy Meyer emails Dulacki requesting additional information to Vaughan’s initial CORA request from Friday. Meyer asks that Dulacki also include any and all surveillance tapes and/ or photographs that include Hancock at all of the club’s locations, including the property that was at Lincoln Street and East Ellsworth Avenue.

Monday, June 6 — 1:31 p.m. James responds to Dulacki saying that in the “unlikely” event that the investigation produces evidence “we believe disclosure of the result would violate the privacy interests of Mr. Hancock, and we would request that such a result be disclosed only to me in my capacity as his counsel.”

Monday June 6 — 3:45 p.m. Dulacki sends email responses to Debra Sherman, Kevin Vaughan, Jeremy Meyer and Bruce James saying that there are “no videotapes, photographs or any other evidence held by the Denver Police Department of Michael Hancock entering or leaving 1675 Fillmore St.” In the response to Meyer she said there is no information pertaining to his request for records of Hancock at “all of the club’s locations.”

— Compiled by Denver Post staff writer Kurtis Lee

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